J. Pavone String Ensemble - …of Late (2022) [Hi-Res]

As both an instrumentalist and composer, Jessica Pavone (b. 1976 Queens, NY) explores tactile experience in her compositions and performances and has produced four albums of solo viola music, all of which present indeterminate pieces that stem from years of concentrated long tone practice and an interest in repetition, song form, and sympathetic vibration. While her earliest training was primarily in classical music, after majoring in viola and graduating from conservatory, she began exploring other avenues for creative musical expression. As noted by Steve Smith in the National Sawdust Log, “Jessica Pavone…has made a career of redefining the possibilities for her instrument.” She is a graduate of The Hartt School of Music where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 1998 and earned a Master’s Degree in Music Composition from The Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College in 2007. Pavone has been a composer in residence at the Ragdale Foundation (Traeger Fellow), the Ucross Foundation, Soaring Gardens, and Mise-En_Place; and has received grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2021), Queens Council on the Arts (2020), New Music USA (2015), the Tri-Centric Foundation (2015), Experiments in Opera (2013), the Jerome Foundation (2011), and MATA Interval (2007). Her works have premiered in NYC venues including Roulette, the DiMenna Center, the Noguchi Museum, ISSUE Project Room, Abrons Art Center, the Museum of Art and Design, and The Kitchen. Her albums have been produced by Tzadik, Taiga Records, Thirsty Ear, Astral Spirits, and Relative Pitch, including four collaborative duo recordings with guitarist Mary Halvorson. From 2005 to 2012, Pavone toured regularly with Anthony Braxton’s Sextet and 12+1tet, and she appears on his discography from that time.

Jessica Pavone - composer / viola; voice on track 3
Aimée Niemann - violin; voice on track 3
Abby Swidler - violin on tracks 1,3,4; viola on tracks 2&5; voice on track 3